adminCommittee warns would-be criminals
Masvingo CorrespondentTHE Masvingo Crime Consultative Committee has called on residents and those who will visit the province during the forthcoming Easter holidays to desist from engaging in criminal activities as the long arm of the law would catch up with them.
Schoolheads accused of embezzling funds
Harare BureauMOST schoolheads and School Development Associations are allegedly looting school levies through generating counterfeit invoices with inflated prices of goods and learning materials they buy for the institutions.
Kaisa Arts urges dancers to invest in their future
Entertainment ReporterKaisa Arts Sound-Tainment marketing manager Nicholas Mathanda has urged female dancers to invest in their future when still in the industry rather than marketing themselves for the wrong reasons when staging.
No double headers during Easter: Ndebele
Sports ReporterTHERE will not be any Castle Lager Premier Soccer League double headers during the forthcoming Easter holidays, an official has confirmed.
Two-timing boyfriend dragged to court
Midlands CorrespondentA 34-year-old Harare man who was recently dragged to court by two Gweru girlfriends he cheated of their property, including a vehicle, was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison by Gweru provincial magistrate, Mrs Phathekile Msipa.
Syrian cities bombed as truce deadline nears
BEIRUT — Opposition activists accused Syrian troops of shelling two cities yesterday in a campaign to weaken forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s government before a ceasefire deadline next week.Another CIA-run secret prison found in Poland
Another CIA-run interrogation “black site” has been exposed after the confessions of top-ranking Polish officials blew the lid on the dirtiest secret in Eastern Europe.
The former head of Poland’s intelligence secret service Zbigniew Siemiatkowski has been charged with taking part in establishing a secret prison for the CIA in a remote part of the country. Allegedly, foreign prisoners in the detention centre were tortured in connection with America’s global war on terror.Zapu youth leader jailed
Masvingo correspondentZAPU national youth chairperson Tichaona Revai Sithole was on Monday sentenced to an effective six months in prison after being found guilty of defrauding a man from Zvishavane of R38 000 and $1 800 when he sold him a house that he had already sold to someone else.
Angola celebrates 10 years of end to civil war
LUANDA — Angola yesterday celebrated 10 years of peace after a devastating civil war, with parades and concerts hailing President Jose Eduardo dos Santos for ushering in an oil-fuelled economic boom.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Government must equip towns for emergencies
BE prepared is the world famous motto for the Boy Scouts which they have abided by since the movement was founded in 1907.In explaining the meaning of the motto, the scouts movement founder Robert Baden Powell said being prepared meant that one is always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do their duty.